Director/PDMR Shareholding

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

02 February 2026

 

Hollywood Bowl Group plc

LTIP Share Awards

Hollywood Bowl Group plc (LSE: BOWL the "Company") announces that on 30 January 2026 its Executive Directors and PDMRs were granted the following share awards as nil-cost options over ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the Company ("Shares") under the Company's Long Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP").

Director	Position	Number of Share Awards Granted
Stephen Burns	Chief Executive Officer	268,568
Melanie Dickinson	Chief People Officer	69,475
Laurence Keen	CEO, Canada	76,894
Darryl Lewis	UK Managing Director	73,233
Mat Hart	Business Development Director	36,616
Rob Dermitges	Chief Marketing Officer	31,746

These awards are subject to the following performance targets:

Measure	Description	Weighting	Threshold	Target	Max
Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS1	Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS for the final year of the performance period - FY2028	70%	25.21p (25% payout)	26.54p (62.5% payout)	27.87p (100% payout)
Relative Total Shareholder Return (TSR)	Percentage change in share price plus the value of dividends invested on the ex-dividend date over the performance period compared with the constituents of the FTSE 250 (excluding investment trusts)	10%	Ranked at median based on TSR performance (25% payout)	N/A	Ranked at or above upper quartile based on TSR performance (100% payout)
Return on centre invested capital	Return on all centre invested capital (refurbs and new centres), excluding maintenance	10%	18% return (25% payout)	20% return (62.5% payout)	22% return (100% payout)
UK Emissions ratio for Scope 1 and Scope 2	Intensity Ratio (IR)	10%	IR at 51 (25% payout)	IR under 48 (62.5% payout)	IR under 45 (100% payout)

¹ Pre-IFRS 16 Adjusted EPS is defined as stated in the Group's accounts and is subject to such adjustments as the Board, in its discretion, determines are fair and reasonable.

Vesting for each measure will be calculated on a straight-line basis between threshold and target, and target and max performance.

Subject to performance against the targets above, the awards will vest three years after grant and will be subject to a further two-year holding period. Further details relating to the operation of the LTIP can be found within the 2025 Annual report and accounts which are available on the Company's website.

The Company also announces the 30% reduction to LTIP Awards granted to Laurence Keen in 2024 and 2025 (the "LTIP Awards") in connection with his change of role from CFO to CEO, Canada, and as highlighted in the Directors' Remuneration Report included in the Company's 2025 Annual Report, as follows:

Award Date	Shares over which nil-cost options originally granted	Shares surrendered	Shares over which the nil-cost options subsist post-surrender
30 January 2024	156,220	46,866	109,354
31 January 2025	166,765	50,029	116,736

All other terms of the LTIP Awards remain unchanged.

The notifications below, made in accordance with Article 19 of the UK Market Abuse Regulation, provide further detail.

Enquiries:

Hollywood Bowl Group plc - Via Headland

Stephen Burns, Chief Executive Officer

Mat Hart, Business Development Director     

Headland

Rosh Field / Antonia Pollock

[e-mail]

[phone]

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Stephen Burns
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Executive Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 268,568
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 268,568 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Melanie Dickinson
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief People Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 69,475
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 69,475 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Laurence Keen
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	CEO, Canada
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 76,894
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 76,894 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Name	Laurence Keen
2.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('PCA')
a)	Position / status	CEO, Canada
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name		Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI		213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Surrender of options granted under the Hollywood Bowl Group plc Long Term Incentive Plan in 2024 and 2025
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price:     Nil Volume: 96,895 (being 46,866 in respect of the 2024 grant and 50,029 in respect of the 2025 grant)
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	N/A - Single Transaction
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Darryl Lewis
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	UK Managing Director
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 73,233
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 73,233 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Mat Hart
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Business Development Director
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 36,616
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 36,616 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

1.	Details of PDMR / person closely associated with them ('CAP')
a)	Name	Rob Dermitges
2.	Reason for the notification
a)	Position / status	Chief Marketing Officer
b)	Initial notification / amendment	Initial notification
3.	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	Hollywood Bowl Group plc
b)	LEI	213800XB8YZNGJYDEZ97
4.	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument and identification code	Ordinary shares of £0.01 each ISIN: GB00BD0NVK62
b)	Nature of the transaction	Grant of LTIP Performance Shares Award. The Award is structured as a nil cost option which shall ordinarily vest and become exercisable from the third anniversary of its grant date subject to continued service and to the extent to which the performance conditions set for the Award are satisfied.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) Volume(s) £nil 31,746
d)	Aggregated information Aggregated volume Price	Volume: 31,746 Price: £nil
e)	Date of the transaction	30 January 2026
f)	Place of the transaction	Outside a trading venue

 

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